A friend of mine did posit the quandary that an "unpalatable" individual such as Luckey appears to be one of the few making consumer-friendly products: Removable, swappable battery packs, AA battery support, standard USB-C charging, easy interoperability, open sourced designs, exposed screws, teardown instructions, etc. Apparently ModRetro is even looking into making dumb TVs for gaming.
It's ironic, in another world HN commenters would be lauding Luckey and ModRetro for all these virtues.
Comparing a run-of-the-mill defense contractor to a serial rapist and murderer is certainly up there in the most unhinged justifications that I've seen on HN.
I don’t think the parent comment was trying to equate the two, but rather pushing the argument to its logical extreme to test show that the reasoning doesn’t hold consistently across cases. Whether they made a convincing argument is separate.
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Their previous console had an edition made of the same metal as Anduril's lethal drones.
[1]: <a href="https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12/site-news-why-we-wont-be-covering-modretro-products-moving-forward" rel="nofollow">https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12/site-news-why-we-... [2]: <a href="https://kotaku.com/modretro-anduril-chromatic-attack-drone-metal-luckey-2000654868" rel="nofollow">https://kotaku.com/modretro-anduril-chromatic-attack-drone-m...
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It's ironic, in another world HN commenters would be lauding Luckey and ModRetro for all these virtues.
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Isn't it strange that commentors focus on the other, less palatable, aspect of his life?
As the meme goes, "you do not, under any circumstances, 'gotta hand it to them.'"
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Nevermind that he literally was equating the two and explicitly says so.